Aged in Nicaraguan Flora de Cana Rum Barrels for over 12 weeks, the Batchelors Delight is a unique and delicious Belgian-Style Quadrupel Ale.

Like all great legends the facts are in dispute. Batchelors Delight is named for one of the most notorious and important pirate ships in history. Captained by the infamous buccaneers Davis, Wafer and Hingson, who won the ship in a card game. After years of pirating in the Caribbean the trio were set on retiring in Virginia. They were arrested near Hampton Roads and spent nearly 3 years in prison. They were able to negotiate their freedom by giving up a large portion of their booty, which King William used for the “Charitable Purpose” of founding the College of William and Mary.

A: This Dark beer be murky brown, with a head the color of an island girls legs! Looks as thick as the first mate and mean as a bull shark!

S: Rich sweet malty goodness, ARR! You can smell the thickness in this beer. There be oak and vanilla aroma in the finish. Dark fruits and raisins come out with the Belgian yeast aroma, and if ye disagree, I'll keel haul ya 'till Davy Jones takes ya for his!

T: The first sip is rum barrel: Oak, vanilla, and the blood of my enemies. There be a taste of rich plums fresh from port, mixed with MORE RUM! and sugar cane.

M: ARR! It feels great! Thick, and sturdy as a freshly swabbed deck, with carbonation that tingles like me bum leg!

O: Overall? I'm ALL OVER this beer! This be one hell of a fantastic brew, to share with your mates or to treasure as your own! Good work, sleep well, I'll most likely kill you in the morning!

Caramel, toffee, Belgian candi sugar sweetness and yeast. Some earthiness. Pretty dry and oaky. Not getting much rum flavor, maybe just some molasses. slightly under carbed. Wish this had a touch more rum barrel presence.

Big thanks to olavzisper for yet another fine hookup from va. Enjoyed from a Lickinghole creek craft brewery snifter.

a - brew pours a sludgy brown that settles purple/black in the glass. A small fkoamy head doesn't hang out long but leaves some creamy lace on the glass.

s - wow. The rum barrel is a perfect match for this plum grape quad. Smells sweet, but really has my mouth watering. Almost sangria like in the nose, a bit boozy, but that is the sweetness too.

t/m - picks up where the nose left off and adds in an element of nuttiness. Dark fruit, big plum and grape. The rum is there too rounding out the fruitiness. The finish is a bit dry, but the body is fairly creamy for an American made quad. Most American quads really fall to pieces in the body but this one has a classic body. Really nice.

o - overall a very impressive beer. I would love to try the base quad, but the barrel really seems to compliment the beer highlighting sangria like fruit notes over a classic quad. A hint on the sweet side, but I will have no problem taking this bottle down on my own. One of the best beers to come from lccb so far and I have been fairly impressed with most.